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World Rabies Day 2024: Breaking Rabies Boundaries
September 9, 2024
World Rabies Day is Celebrated Annually on September 28
Rabies has plagued humans and animals alike for over 4,000 years and, to this day, it remains one of the deadliest zoonotic diseases.
This year’s World Rabies Day theme, Breaking Rabies Boundaries, invites us to think outside the box and shatter the barriers that stand in the way of rabies elimination. These include gaps in international cooperation, a lack of access to essential resources (including quality vaccines), and limited public knowledge about the disease.
The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) celebrates World Rabies Day as an opportunity to raise awareness and advocate for the elimination of the disease worldwide. The Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC) encourages stakeholders, organizations, and people from every walk of life to unite to reach the goal of zero rabies deaths by 2030 (#ZeroBy30).
This year’s theme also reminds us that rabies is a transboundary disease that requires transboundary action. Together, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the WOAH, the World Health Organization, and the United Against Rabies Forum use a One Health approach to bring together governments, vaccine producers, researchers, NGOs, and development partners to stop the disease.
Check out these resources from the WOAH and GARC to help promote World Rabies Day.